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Why aren't all "questions" in the "ask the wooters" section phrased in the form of a question?

Forgive me for being nit-picky but the section is called "ask the wooters" why don't you at least try to hone your inner alex trebek and fit your topic into the form of a question? It's not that hard to force what you want to talk about into question form. Use a little creativity.

by danib62
asked 2 years ago

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Some of the items posed here are meant to be helpful. It's a community thing. Often, when we see the same problems/questions over and over, it seems more useful to post something that will be caught up and end up over in the Popular area, so that more people can be helped.

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@shrdlu: I am not a fan of reading questions that have already been asked and answered because the person asking the question was lazy and didn't check to see if their question had been asked before.

sgoman5674
2 years ago

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I believe some people are trying to be helpful by creating TIPS so that folks have a place to come to find a great answer....and like shrdlu said this is a community we are all here to help....so what if it isn't a question...at least we are being helpful....

hobbit
2 years ago

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This post was partially in jest. I was just pointing out how we're supposed to post questions but slowly the majority of "questions" are just becoming topics of conversation. I'm just trying to suggest that people use a little creativity and post their topics in the form of a question. I guess some people are too serious here and missed the joke.

danib62
2 years ago

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@danib62: Sorry. I often am recognized as having the people skills of a rock. It's been a rough few days since the site went live, and I think most of the folk that were here during the earlier bits of the beta test have long ago wandered off, shell-shocked. I'm amazed at how well the woot staffers have been handling things.

While the section is indeed entitled "Ask the Wooters" I don't think there's a mandate on ONLY asking questions. From the FAQ:

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What is “Ask the Wooters”?
A leopard-print table saw? A robotic diaper pail? A cheap champagne fountain? If you’re looking for a deal that doesn’t appear to show up in our Community Deals section, throw the question to the Deals.Woot mob. Or answer a question for the Deals.Woot mob. Or vote for your favorite questions, or your favorite answers, or… maybe we should call this section “Ask, Answer, Comment On, And Vote For The Wooters”, but that won’t fit on the page.
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(cont. on next rock)

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@danib62: (cont. from last rock)

I hope you'll forgive me for using my reply to you to make a few points that may be useful to Random Bob or Jumping Jane. I also recommend reading the bit from the FAQ, entitled "A Preface from Matt Rutledge". Dang, I wish there was a direct link to that, but you'll just have to trust me. It's really worthwhile.

Take a brief gander over on Twitter of some of the Beta Updates (you can get there from the FAQ). You know, one of these days I'm going to have to watch that danged video.

shrdlu
2 years ago

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